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2 | README | |
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4 | ||
5 | The sigrok project aims at creating a portable, cross-platform, | |
a5b2293f | 6 | Free/Libre/Open-Source signal analysis software suite that supports various |
4a1c927f | 7 | device types (such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and more). |
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8 | |
9 | libsigrok is a shared library written in C which provides the basic API | |
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10 | for talking to hardware and reading/writing the acquired data into various |
11 | input/output file formats. | |
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12 | |
13 | ||
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14 | Status |
15 | ------ | |
16 | ||
17 | libsigrok is in a usable state and has had official tarball releases. | |
18 | ||
19 | While the API can change from release to release, this will always be | |
20 | properly documented and reflected in the package version number and | |
21 | in the shared library / libtool / .so-file version numbers. | |
22 | ||
23 | However, there are _NO_ guarantees at all for stable APIs in git snapshots! | |
24 | Distro packagers should only use released tarballs (no git snapshots). | |
25 | ||
26 | ||
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27 | Requirements |
28 | ------------ | |
29 | ||
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30 | Requirements for the C library: |
31 | ||
32 | - git (only needed when building from git) | |
33 | - gcc (>= 4.0) or clang | |
ef7228ba | 34 | - make |
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35 | - autoconf >= 2.63 (only needed when building from git) |
36 | - automake >= 1.11 (only needed when building from git) | |
37 | - libtool (only needed when building from git) | |
ef7228ba | 38 | - pkg-config >= 0.22 |
5801d558 | 39 | - libglib >= 2.32.0 |
896fc9c7 | 40 | - libzip >= 0.11 |
8d801467 | 41 | - libserialport >= 0.1.1 (optional, used by some drivers) |
d5062672 | 42 | - librevisa >= 0.0.20130412 (optional, used by some drivers) |
17e9317b | 43 | - libusb-1.0 >= 1.0.16 (optional, used by some drivers) |
ab4458df | 44 | - libftdi >= 0.16 or libftdi1 >= 1.0 (optional, used by some drivers) |
0d6478d7 | 45 | - libgpib (optional, used by some drivers) |
79bb0e97 | 46 | - check >= 0.9.4 (optional, only needed to run unit tests) |
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47 | - doxygen (optional, only needed for the C API docs) |
48 | - graphviz (optional, only needed for the C API docs) | |
49 | ||
50 | Requirements for the C++ bindings: | |
51 | ||
52 | - libsigrok >= 0.3.0 (the libsigrok C library, see above) | |
53 | - A C++ compiler with C++11 support (-std=c++11 option), e.g. | |
54 | - g++ (>= 4.7) | |
55 | - clang++ (>= 3.1) | |
56 | - autoconf-archive (only needed when building from git) | |
57 | - doxygen (required for building the bindings, not only for C++ API docs!) | |
58 | - graphviz (optional, only needed for the C++ API docs) | |
59 | - Python (2 or 3) executable (development files are not needed) | |
60 | - glibmm-2.4 (>= 2.32.0) | |
61 | ||
62 | Requirements for the Python bindings: | |
63 | ||
52ff4f6a | 64 | - libsigrokcxx >= 0.3.0 (the libsigrok C++ bindings, see above) |
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65 | - Python >= 2.7 or Python >= 3 (including development files!) |
66 | - Python setuptools (for Python 2 or 3) | |
67 | - pygobject >= 3.0.0 (for Python 2 or 3), a.k.a python-gi | |
68 | - numpy (for Python 2 or 3) | |
e26f5af3 | 69 | - SWIG >= 2.0.0 |
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70 | - doxygen (optional, only needed for the Python API docs) |
71 | - graphviz (optional, only needed for the Python API docs) | |
72 | - doxypy (optional, only needed for the Python API docs) | |
73 | ||
74 | Requirements for the Java bindings: | |
75 | ||
52ff4f6a | 76 | - libsigrokcxx >= 0.3.0 (the libsigrok C++ bindings, see above) |
e26f5af3 | 77 | - SWIG >= 2.0.0 |
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78 | - Java JDK (for JNI includes and the javac/jar binaries) |
79 | - doxygen (optional, only needed for the Java API docs) | |
80 | - graphviz (optional, only needed for the Java API docs) | |
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81 | |
82 | ||
83 | Building and installing | |
84 | ----------------------- | |
85 | ||
86 | In order to get the libsigrok source code and build it, run: | |
87 | ||
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88 | $ git clone git://sigrok.org/libsigrok |
89 | $ cd libsigrok | |
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90 | $ ./autogen.sh |
91 | $ ./configure | |
92 | $ make | |
93 | ||
94 | For installing libsigrok: | |
95 | ||
96 | $ make install | |
97 | ||
ba642e86 | 98 | See INSTALL or the following wiki page for more (OS-specific) instructions: |
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ba642e86 | 100 | http://sigrok.org/wiki/Building |
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102 | Please also check the following wiki page in case you encounter any issues: |
103 | ||
104 | http://sigrok.org/wiki/Building#FAQ | |
105 | ||
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107 | Device-specific issues |
108 | ---------------------- | |
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110 | Please check README.devices for some notes and hints about device- or |
111 | driver-specific issues to be aware of. | |
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114 | Firmware |
115 | -------- | |
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117 | Some devices supported by libsigrok need a firmware to be uploaded before the |
118 | device can be used. See README.devices for details. | |
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119 | |
120 | ||
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121 | Copyright and license |
122 | --------------------- | |
123 | ||
124 | libsigrok is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License | |
125 | (GPL), version 3 or later. | |
126 | ||
127 | While some individual source code files are licensed under the GPLv2+, and | |
128 | some files are licensed under the GPLv3+, this doesn't change the fact that | |
129 | the library as a whole is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3+. | |
130 | ||
131 | Please see the individual source files for the full list of copyright holders. | |
132 | ||
133 | ||
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134 | Mailing list |
135 | ------------ | |
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136 | |
137 | https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel | |
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138 | |
139 | ||
140 | IRC | |
141 | --- | |
142 | ||
143 | You can find the sigrok developers in the #sigrok IRC channel on Freenode. | |
144 | ||
145 | ||
146 | Website | |
147 | ------- | |
148 | ||
4a1c927f | 149 | http://sigrok.org/wiki/Libsigrok |
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